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Chichester City Walls is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the medieval defensive fortifications that encircle the city of Chichester in West Sussex. The walls, which survive substantially intact in places, were constructed during the medieval period, with origins tracing to the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, though they incorporate earlier Roman foundations from the first-century AD Roman town of Noviomagus. The Tower on Orchard Street forms part of this defensive circuit and represents the characteristic masonry construction typical of medieval urban fortifications in England. These walls represent a significant surviving example of municipal defence architecture and remain important evidence for understanding the development and protection of a major medieval English town.
Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003791. View the official record →
Chichester City Walls is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the medieval defensive fortifications that encircle the city of Chichester in West Sussex.
Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003791.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Martin's Lane, Little London car park, Roman site (0.2 km), Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park (0.2 km), Chichester Castle (0.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.